... someone, he got closer to completing his revengeful plan and leaving Victor all alone (144). In Hamlet as well as in Frankenstein, the revengeful plot led the authors to convey a dark and tragic tone. In "Hamlet", Shakespeare conveys a dark and tragic tone. First, Hamlet's father dies and then Ophelia, Hamlet's girlfriend, dies. Near the end of the play, Shakespeare makes the play very tragic by including ... Victor. Now lonely, Victor sees the world as a dark and empty place (200). Through these deaths, Shelley conveys a dark tone in the novel. Revenge is conveyed both in "Frankenstein...

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... nature which are seen as positive images. Also the garden is traditionally associated with Eden and therefore the imagery here is of Eden falling apart. Hamlet repeatedly compares his father to Claudius. Hamlets sees his father as god like, "Hyperion", the sun-god compared to the inferior Claudius who he sees ... his mothers relationship is based on lust rather than love, like a relationship an animal might have. Hamlet condemns the marriage in the last to lines. The repetition of the "s" sound creates a hissing and scornful tone. The penultimate line is a prophecy of doom, which will be...

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• Grade Level: High School

... you weren't being a phony? The trouble is, you wouldn't" (Salinger 172). When Holden describes his mom, he always seems to do so with a sense of compassion yet also with a jeering tone. Holden makes his mom sound predictable and insincere. These phony qualities are shown in two different examples when Holden is hiding in the closet of D.B.'s room as his mom walks ... cannot tolerate the imposed false image brought on by D.B.'s career choice as a screen-play writer. For example, this sense of respect is shown when D.B. takes Holden and Phoebe to see Hamlet: "He treated us to lunch first,...

• Word Count: 1174
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School

... you weren't being a phony? The trouble is, you wouldn't" (Salinger 172). When Holden describes his mom, he always seems to do so with a sense of compassion yet also with a jeering tone. Holden makes his mom sound predictable and insincere. These phony qualities are shown in two different examples when Holden is hiding in the closet of D.B.'s room as his mom walks ... cannot tolerate the imposed false image brought on by D.B.'s career choice as a screen-play writer. For example, this sense of respect is shown when D.B. takes Holden and Phoebe to see Hamlet: "He treated us to lunch first,...

• Word Count: 1221
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School